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the falls, no road-cutting being required. As it is now, picnic 

 parties have to stop with their vehicles in an uninteresting part 

 of the forest. From the rocks of the Eurobin Falls is a splendid 

 view of the Buffalo Waterfall above, which has a drop of about 

 i,ooo feet, but as it was in the middle of summer the volume of 

 water coming over the rocks was not great. 



On Friday morning one of Mr. Mansfield's sons kindly 

 volunteered to accompany me up to the mount. The ascent is not 

 an easy matter ; soon after leaving the banks of the Eurobin the 

 climbing commences, the spur being of so steep a gradient that 

 for over a mile the track is in a continuous zig-zag, each part 

 from ID to 30 yards long to the next turn, and we were not 

 sorry when the top of the main ridge was reached, following it 

 along till we reached the steep and rocky slope, where we crossed 

 over to the other side and soon reached some springs. Here I 

 found a variety of shrubs, which were — Kunzea corifolia, Lepto- 

 spermums, Logania Jioribitnda, Pidtencea moliis, and others, all in 

 seeds, and Grevillea parvijlora^ Bauera ricbioides, and Tiachy- 

 mene billardieri, conspicuous flowering shrubs, in bloom. More 

 climbing, still scrambling through between piles of rocks, many 

 of which may have descended from the top ages ago. 



I can imagine how difficult it must have been to carry on a 

 stretcher His Honor Justice Sir Hardey Williams, who met with 

 an accident at the Buffalo Gorge last year, down from the 

 summit over this track. At last we reached the top and had only 

 come six miles, but were now at an elevation of 4,560 feet again. 

 This summit is a large grassy and partly swampy flat, bordered by 

 piles of rocks, through which a small stream flows, forming in its 

 descent from the mount the Buffalo Falls ; following this water- 

 course downwards to the left, towards the famous Gorge, we soon 

 came to a sheltered nook between rocks, where we prepared 

 our luncheon. Gonspicuous amongst the flora here was the large 

 Fodolepis longipedata, with bright orange-coloured flowers, 

 restricted to the north-eastern Alpine district, and which I had 

 never found previously. Richea gunnii is also here, as well as 

 on Mount Hotham, while Kunzea vntelleri attains a height of 6 

 feet, being sheltered by rocks. Amongst the Ranunculacese four 

 interesting species are to be met with here — Ranuncidus muelleri, 

 R. gunnianus, R. anenioneus, and a dwarf form of A', lappaceus. 

 Near the summit of the Buftalo Mountain I found shrubs of 

 Epacris mucrooitdata, hitherto only known from Tasmania, which 

 is new for Victoria and also for New South Wales, as Mr. J- H. 

 Maiden, F.L.S., at the same time obtained specimens of it on 

 Mount Kosciusko. 



From the rocks forming the Buffalo Gorge a magnificent 

 panoramic view is obtained, the sky being so clear we could see 

 Mount Kosciusko, in New South Wales, 90 miles away, and near 



